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Reactivate Tracfone

Do you get any free mins when you reactivate a Tracfone?
Or do you have to put money into it right off?

I have inherited a Tracfone from my son. I gave him a spare phone I picked up from Craigslist and activated it for him on Page Plus. (I just got a text from him saying he's "obsessed" with his "new" phone).
His Tracfone is out of mins and expired.

As far as I know, there is no way to reactivate a used and unactivated Tracfone without adding an airtime card. When you go into the site to activate, they will not let you proceed with activation without an airtime pin.

As far as I know, there is no way to reactivate a used and unactivated Tracfone without adding an airtime card. When you go into the site to activate, they will not let you proceed with activation without an airtime pin.

All new or refurbished phones (phones that come from Tracfone to you without activation) come with 60 days of service and 10 units if you activate by calling Tracfone. If you activate via the website, you get 20 units. After a phone has been activated and then deactivated, you need to add airtime to reactivate.